Climate catastrophe: Heat costs Bangladesh $1.7B, ignites health crisis

Bangladesh is spiraling into a silent, scorching emergency, one that is claiming lives, crushing productivity, and costing the economy at least $1.7 billion. As temperatures surge at an unprecedented rate, the nation is facing not just a climate crisis, but a full-blown public health and economic catastrophe. According to a new report of the World Bank Group – “An Unsustainable Life The Impact of Heat on Health and the Economy of Bangladesh” released on Tuesday, rising heat is no longer a distant threat. It is here, it is lethal, and it is already taking a devastating toll on human lives and the national economy. Between 1980 and 2023, Bangladesh’s maximum temperature climbed by 1.1°C alarming on its own. But the...